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United States Patent | 5,551,164 |
Brunnmair ,   et al. | September 3, 1996 |
A drying section of a papermaking machine includes several drying groups with at least one drying screen each. At the end of one drying group and/or at the beginning of the next following drying group, a finishing roller is utilized. A finishing nip is formed between one of two finishing rollers and a finishing roller and a drying cylinder of an adjacent drying group. Only the paper web is conveyed through the finishing nip.
Inventors: | Brunnmair; Erwin (Graz, AT); Bubik; Alfred (Ravensburg, DE); Hess; Harald (Grunkraut, DE); Holik; Herbert (Ravensburg, DE); Leitenberger; Werner (Schlier-Wetzisreute, DE); Merath; Thomas (Oberteuringen, DE); Moser; Johann (Grunkraut, DE); Steib; Helmut (Schlier, DE); Weisshuhn; Elmer (Vogt, DE) |
Assignee: | Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH (Heidenheim, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 398668 |
Filed: | March 3, 1995 |
Mar 05, 1994[DE] | 44 07 405.0 |
Current U.S. Class: | 34/117; 34/118; 34/119; 162/359.1 |
Intern'l Class: | F26B 011/02 |
Field of Search: | 34/111,113,116,117,123,126,128,129,620,628,636,637,665,663 162/270,289,358.3,358.5,360.2,359.1 |
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